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suoeeo ON A PULLMAN.

How a Man “Didn’t Cuss but Used Mol'
Pow'fui Langwige.”

Leaving Cincinnati one evening for
Chicago with a fellow drummer, I
walked into the sleeping car with a
lighted cigar in my hand, intending to
locate myberth and finish my cigar
on the platform. I passed the only
passenger in the car, in appeaiance the
typical John‘Bull—‘very stout, a short
neck, red face, and the whole sur-
mounted with a gray Tam O’Shanter
cap. You couldn’t mistake him; he
was the real thing from the “right
little, tight little isle.” All at once J.
Bull yelled to the porter: “I don’t want
any smoking in this car."

“You mus’n smoke in heah, sub,"
said the porter to me.
“ I am aware of that, my friend;

that is the reason I am not smoking.
My compliments to the English gen—
tleman, and tell him I am carrying my
cigar in my hand and am leaving the
car immediately.”

I wished to impress the “Englisher”
that we knew how to do things over
here, but, strange as it may seem, he
was not impressed, and would not sub-
side. “I detest the vile weed, and
don't want it within a mile of me,"
said he. I rejoined my friend on the
platform, related the occurrence to him
and suggested that we ought to do
something to entertain the gentleman
from England. We returned ‘to the
car, and sitting in my berth (the next
to John Bull's), I remarked that I had
been very much annoyed by sleepers
who sn‘ored, and, calling the porter, I
exchanged the cour tesies of “P. P. C.
etiquette” with him, largely composed
of cash on my part, and requested that
if any one in our car sn-ored, he would
wake him up and tell him to turn over.

Shortly after we had all gone to
bed the “Englisher” began to snore. I
knew he Would, from the size of his
neck and the width of, his vest. The
porter woke him, much to his surprise.
Again and again it was necessary to
call his attention to the fact that he
Was in danger of strangulation. Oh,
how beautifully and vigorously he did
kick. At last the porter stuck his head
into my berth and said: “Say, boss, if
you heah him snore any mo’ to-night,
you can wake him up youssef. He
didn’t cuss none, but he used de mos’
pow’ful langwige I ever heard." As
I thought the British lion's tail had
been properly twisted,~I went to sleep.
The next morning my friend and I
separated, he going to the same .hotel
as the Englishman. Meeting the for-
mer later in the day and inviting him

o“take something” at the expense of
the Union 'Jack, he stopped" me 'with
a pained look and said: “Do you know
that that was Rev. Joseph Cook, “the
famous pulpit orator and lecturer of
Boston, you vented your Anglophobia
onvlast night? No wonder he used
‘langwige;’ he knew how.”—Leslie’s
Weekly. .

 

QUAINTAOLD CURACAO.

Scene of Many a Bloody Battle of the
Olden Times,

Curacao is a Dutch colony, and the
quaintest little island in the world. It
is not bigger than the District of Co-
lumbia, but has about 40,000 inhabit-ants
and has played an important part in
the history of America. It has be-
longed at different times to England,
Spain and Holland, and its cozy harbor
has been the scene of many a bloody
battle between the navies of the old
world, as well as between the pirates
and buccaneers that infested the Ca.-
ribbean sea for two centuries. It has
beenfor 100 years and still is an asy-

lum for political fugitives, and many ,
of the revolutions that rack and wreck ‘

the republics on the Spanish main are
hatched under the shelter of the pre—
tentious but harmless fortresses that
guard this port. Bolivar, Santa Anna
and many other famous men in Span-
ish-American history have lived there
in exile, and until recently there was
an imposing castle upon one of the
hills called Bolivar’s tower. There the
founder of five republics lived in ban-
ishment for several years and waited
for rescue.

The houses are built in the Dutch
style, exactly like those in Holland;
the streets are so narrow that the peo-
ple can almost shake hands through
their windows with the neighbors
across the way, and the walls are as
thick as would be needed for a fort-
ress. The Dutch governor lives in the
solemn looking old mansion fronting
the Skattegat, or lagoon. that forms
the harbor, guarded by a company of
stupid looking soldiers with a few old-
fashioned cannons. The commerce of
the island is of phosphates, and the
government receives a revenue of §500,-
that ship them
away. .

There is not a spring or well, or any
fresh water, and the inhabitants are
entirely dependent upon rain water for
existence, or upon supplies brought in
barrels by schooners from the Venezue-
lan coast, ninety miles away, or upon
distilled sea water. As sometimes it
doesn’t rain for a year or two, the nat-
ural supply, is often exhausted and a.
glass of imported is worth as much
as the same ampunt of wine or beer.-
Chicago Record. '

A Sailor’s School of Manners.

On one occasion years ago the Pres-
ident visited one of the ships infor-
mally, dispensing with the usual sal-
ute and ceremony, when one of the
men ratlher'indignantly asked another
who that lu‘b-ber was on the quarter-
deck that didn’t “douse his peak” to
the Commodore.

“Choke your luff, will you,” was the
reply, “that’s the president of the
United States."

“Well, ain’t he got manners enough
to salute the quarterdeck if he is?”

“Manners! what does 'he know about
manners? I don’t suppose he was ever
out of sight of land inhis life."-On
a Man-of—war.

 

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BROUGHT DOWN THE HOUSE.
, —————.:sr

A Story Well roidfwmié’n Saved anem-
ber's Seat.

Probably the best speech made in the

Josiah Patterson, an adorer of ex-Prcs~
ident Cleveland. It had the old Ser-
geant S. Prentiss ring, and awoke the
echoes of the hall of the House of Rep-
resent-atives as they had not been
awakened in years. Withal it was a
very effective speech. It captured vote 3
and held Mr. Carmack's seat when
nothing else could have held it. It 11‘" s
heard with breathless interest, and was
widely cheered when Mr. Carmack
down. in mauflw’m:25fiimafiw
In reply to General Grosvenor, who

all

. had made a' stirring appeal in behalf‘of

 

.of the congregation were quivering on

~ Patterson, Mr. Cormack said:

“I always tremble at the thought of
cOnfronting so valiant a tongue-slugger
and so accomplished a lip-artist as the
gentleman from Ohio. His prowess in
this arena entitles him to be regarded
as the, veritable blue-gum nigger of de-
bate, an oratorical scorpion whose
tongue is in his tail.‘ It has been said
that I had reformed, but the gentle-
man from Ohio had not. It will be a
very sad day for reform if he ever
does. I feel about him like an old col-
ored preacher down in Tipton country,
in my district, felt about a certain c011—
vert. This preacher had ‘just concluded
a powerful exhortation, and the voices

the second line of that good old hymn,
“\Vhile the lamp holds out to burn, the
vilest sinner may return.’ At this
juncture a particularly tough old rep-
robate, with chicken feathers all over
his head, got up in the back part of the
audience and started toward the altar.
The preacher for a moment stood
speechless and aghast with horror,
and then, throwing up. his hands, he
excl-aimed at the top 'of his voice: ‘Dea-
con Simmons, fo’ gracious sake blow
out de lamp.‘ If the honorable gen-
tleman from Ohio should ever show a
disposition to reform and come in our
direction, I want to blow out the lamp
before he gets there.”

It was a ten—strike. Everybody in
the. House burst into a roar, and no-
body laughed more heartily than Gros-
venor himself—Washington Post.

 

 

GENERAL GRANT AT THE OPERA.

He Was blot Disturbed by Parepa Rosa's
Singing.

Time flies like a champion scorcher

on a ’98 wheel. It seems only the other

day that Nellie Grant was a sunbeam

-of a lassie,. in short frocks, with her

hair tumbling about her shoulders in
a Ibrown'fluffy heapéand now to' think
of her being the mother of grown up
girls! Oh, dear! Oh, dear! Oh, dear!
And thinking of her as the urine maid
of the White House recalls ‘a funny

.story about herself and General Grant.

They had gone to the opera, Nellie sit-
ting sedately erect in a maroon velvet
Suit, and" her father lounging comfort-
ably in the background, talking-to a
correspondingly lounging friend.

The house was crowded, but as Pa-
repa Rosa, with portly figure and a
voice as grand and deep as the ocean—-
almost~appeared on the stage, the pri-
ma donn'a was conscious of but .one
presenceithe * warrior whose deeds
Were so renowned that for very awe she
trembled—she who had hobn-obbed with
kings.

She might have spared herself her
emotions, however, for the general was
mightily interested in his statesman
friend beside him, and the great En}..—
lisn singer might have been promenad—
ing on the cliffs of her native Albion
for all the general knew or cared.

Then the little girl whispered: “Papa,
Parepa'is singing.”

Whereupon the hero of Shiloh inter-
rupted his conversation long enough to
say, indulgentiy—he adored his small
daughter—“All right, Nellie: she’s not
disturbing us. Let her sing. ” And the
best part of the story, next to it being
true, was that Parepa heard of it
through the statesman, and, being as
humorous as she was portly, she had
a good hearty laugh at her own expense
and admired Grant more than ever.—
Wa-shington Times. .

' The Spanish Soldier.

“There are many things to admire
about the Spanish Tommy," says Rich-
ard Harding Davis in “Pageants and
campaigns of 1897. "In the seven
fortified cities which I visited there
were thousands of him. I never saw
one drunk, or offensive, which is much
more than can be said for his officers.
He trudges fro-m fifteen to thirty
miles a day over the worst roads ever

.constructed by man, in canvas shoes

with rope soles, carrying 150 cartridges,

:50 across his stomach and 100 on his
- back, weighing in all fifty pounds. With

these he has his Mauser, his blanket
and an extra pair of shoes, and as
many tin plates and bottles and ba- ’
nanas and potatoes and loaves of white

' bread as :he can stow away in his blouse

, a burden.

 

and knapsack. And this under a sun
which makes even a walking stick seem
In spite of his officers, and
not on account of them, he maintains
good discipline, and no matter how
tired he may be, or 'how much he may
wish to rest on his plank bed, he will

always struggle to his feet when the
officers pass and stand at salute. He
ef-

ge'ts very little in return for his
forts." -

 

The Toad’s Favorite Flower.

A correspondent of the Popular Sci-
ence News had a pet toad, which was

' kept in a small greenhouse, where it‘r

was particularly useful in devouring
noxious insects. It made its home in
the earth among Ithe roots of a calla
lily. Though moved continually to oth-
er quarters quite as comfortable. it

- would vacate and be alwaia found in

its favorite lily home.—Meehan's Mon-

thly.

last session of Congress was the speech l
of E. W. Cormack, a Memphis editor, l
' whose seat was contested by the Hon.

 

 

 

mm?“ The Newest Sailor Bate.

With the ripening of the summer.
new ideas in the decorating of sailor
hats come forth. The usual sailor is
trimmed only with a hatband. There
are women who would not be found
dead in a sailor hat trimmed. These
are the extremely tailor-made type.
Then come the sort 'Who‘twist brown
veils around their hatbrims, to take
away the perfectly .piain look. Brown
veils are a tad of the moment. They

are generally becoming, because they

tone with. the hair.
Later than the brown veil arrange-

ment is the scarf of chiffon or sura‘n.’

It is very pretty, and, therefore, a hap-
py thought. It is a new opportunity
to introduce color into the monotonous
s irtwaist costume. But it is an add-
responsibility to keep the effect hare
monious. ' :r~,««-- tm'smi'1W‘
Veiiing heavy'enough to use as:
loose scarf, with ends, comes only in
white, black, brown and blue. So the
fashion permits the employment of
chiffon, such as is sold for trimming
gowns. It comes in all shades and is
cut in two lengths, ten inches wide,
each a. yard and an eighth long.
Only one length is used at a time.
The other is kept in reserve for the
day when the first shall have passed
its usefulness. No band at all is liked
on the hat when the gay scarf of chif-
fon or surah is worn.
A young woman with a neat taste
in gowning wears a brown linen skirt,
a. white shirtwaist, white collar, tie

i and belt, a sailor hat in natural straw

color, and scarf of cherry chiffon. A
military pin secures it to the crown in
front and another keeps in place the
folds at the back. It is the simplest
task to whisk off this cherry chiffon
scarf for another of turquoise or vio-
let.

Another simple fashion in the trim-
ming of sailors is the wreath of flow-
ers around the top of the crown. The
band is removed for this style, too. A
white Panama sailor has a. circle of
white roses, with foliage. A white-
dotted veil and big necktie of white
muslin add considerable grace to an
otherwise ordinary costume.

 

Cooking Brno-ell Syn-onto.

A woman travelling in‘ Belgium de-
scribes a dish of Brussels sprouts
which were cooked with chestnuts. She
found that the sprouts are boiled in
salted water until abouthalf cooked,
when they are taken out, drained, and
put into a. saucepan with a. little but—
ter and seasoning. Meantime the
chestnuts, those of the large variety

being used, have been blanched, par-1

tially cooked, and cut into small cubes.
They are added to the sprouts, and
both are simmered slowly until ten-
der, andlare cooked about an‘hour after
being put together. A dozen. large

chestnuts may go with about a. quart

of sprouts. It may be added that the
dish is particularly good when served
with a roast veal or mutton.

" Cool Headed Women. ‘

The efforts of the-various-rellef- or-
ganizations that have been formed
among women’s clubs are con-
fined to the mast practical meth-
ods;~ It. ' is significant of the
experience of the women at organ«
ized work that they have undertaken
these measures in such a promptly ef—
ficient fashion. Cool-headed women,
accustomed to committee work, have
brought quick order out of apparent
chaos, in the embarrassment of volun-
teer Service, and a prompt discriminat-
ing judgment has rapidly produced tan-
gible results. .The impractical woman

who has occasionally presented herself '

has been quickly suppressed, and the
work in all its phases has gone ahead

with most commendable deepatch and ,

efficiency.

 

 

- Black and .Whue Silk Mulls.

Manyof the blacx and white silk
mulls, silk dotted batistes, and figured
organdie muslins, are made with 3. Cir.
cular skirt, and trimmed with count-
less narrow ruches, made of black
mousseline de soire or black satin rib-
bon. In many cases these ruches are
put on to outline an apron overskirt,
long or short, round, or deeply point-
ed. The skirt clings to the figure on
the front and sides, flares slightly as it
nears the hem, and is very full just at
the back. The waists are usually
round, with yoke tops, and with ful-
ness below in soft, straight folds.
collar, little shoulder epaulettes, and
front, are edged with the ruching.

 

Cremation In Italy.
Cremation is more extensively .prac-
tised in Italy than in any other coun-
try. , The first crematoriu-m was es—

tablished in Milan in 1876, and there
are now fifty in operation in Italian
territory.

 

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#3??? THE WEEKLY MENU‘ ’ ,
. MONDAY. “‘ "ii ~
Breakfast. 4—Raspberries. Bacon and
Eggs. Toast. Coffee.

Luncheon. —Cold Roast Lamb with
Mint Sauce. Watercress Salad. Wa-
fers.Huck1eberries. Iced Tea.
Dinner. —Cream of Spinach Soup.
Broiled Porterhouse Steak. Mashed
Potatoes. String Beans. Lettuce Sal-
ad. Watermelon. Iced Coffee. ‘
Oatmeal,
‘ Boiled

 

TUESDAY.
‘ Breakfast.—Cantaloupe.
Sugar and Milk. Johnny Cake.
Eggs. Coffee.

Luncheon.-—-Meat Balls. Riced Po-

 

tatoes. Olives. Plain Cake. Rasp-
berries. Chocolate. . ‘
Dinner.'—Cream of Can: Soup.
Stewed Chicken. Potatoes. Shelled
Beans. Tomato Salad. Huckleberry,
Pudding, Hard Sauce. Coffee. ,1,-
. «#1516. ,“

"’”' WEDNESDAY. ““ “
Breakfast—Blackberries. Wheat
Biscuit, Sugar and Cream. Lamb’s

Liver Saute. Corn Bread. Coffee.
Luncheon—Chicken ' Sandwiches.
Sliced Tomatoes. Bread and Butter.
Cherry Pie. Iced Cocoa.
. Dinner—~Green Pea Soup. Breaded
Veal Cutlets with Tomato Sauce.
Mashed Potatoes. Green Corn. Let-
tuce and Cucumber Salad. Peaches
and Cream. Coffee. . . ,-- 1

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THURSDAY.
' Breakfast-Grapes. Broiled Chick-
en. Rolls. Potato Balls. Coffee.

Luncheon—Cold Sliced Tongue.
Sweet Pickles. Soda Crackers. Plums,
Apricots. Tea.

Dinner. —Mock Bisque Soup. Roast
Beef. Riced Potatoes. Green Peas.
Cauliflower. Cress Salad. Wafers.
Pineapple Layer Cake. Coffee.

 

' FRIDAY.
Breakfast.—Cantaloupe. Broiled
Bluefish. Toast. Graham Gems. Cofc
fee. ‘ " ‘
. Luncheon—FriedCiams. Cold Roast

 

Beef. Baked Potatoes. Pears. Cher-
ries. Tea. ,

Dinner. —Green Pea Soup. Broiled
Shad. Potatoes. Asparagus. rSliced
Tomatoes. Cake. Frozen Peaches.
Coffee. H ' I

SATURDAY.- ,

Breakfast. -—Blueberries.. Bread Cine-
let. Potato Cakes. Toast. Cof-
fee. ' ~- ~’ ,: ‘v

Luncheon. -—La1‘nb ' Chops. . -..Po.tato
Salad. Sliced Tomatoes._ Peaches and
Cream. Tea. - '

Dinner. ~Vegetable Soup. Braised
Beef. -Potatoes. Tomatoes. Stuffed
with Green Peas. Cress Salad. Wa-
termelon. Coffee.

 

The Ever Chonulng Phobia“.

"The eternalfltnessof things,’.’=~as ap-
plied to fashion in dress and adorn-
ment has but an evanescent force or
meaning; 3N1}, .one .Acanttrace: win its
source,’ manufacture, and “almost uni-
versal use, the. once-popular shoe-
shaped a la. Arkan‘aias- Traveller, with
its huge projecting sole, its sturdy heel,
and crimped upper. Nor can any one

, write the history of the V-shaped shoe,

which so quickly supplanted the broad,
stubby one, the shoe which makes the
foot appear as if it had been chiselled
down to one single toe. _. And no one
can tell who,first brought out the in-
sigficant little Derby hat, and per-
suaded men with massive :l1eads and
broad shoulders to ignore their com-
mon sense notions of fitness and can-
sistency and wear the little top cha-
peau. It- would: be -usoless:.t‘o: attempt
to discover the- man; who inflicted upon;
us the ridiculous "Ulster”, reaching to
the heels, which'raged for many sea.-
~sons and is not. yet-moribund, being
still resorted torby short men. who wish
to make themselves look taller, but
who only make themselves appear real-
ly inches shorter by sheer, contrast.
This garment and the gown which
trails the muddy sidewalks; the hoop— '
skirt, the distended, disfiguring bustle,
the grimy-looking tan glove, not long
since deemed suitable for wear with an
‘ immaculate white evening toilet—these
are but types and instances of the fan-
cies and foibles, and ever-changing
modes of fashion which come and go
with the changing seasons of the year.

 

Watermelon Pink Talleta.

A pretty blouse waist is a taffeta. of
watermelon pink and white striped
silk. The front which is made to fas-
ten slightly to one side. is cut low in
the neck and bound with two rows of
pink satin ribbon. The fine lace yoke
and collar is mounted over plain silk
giving a. soft transparent effect .which
is exceedingly pretty. The sleeves are
made somewhat after the shirt waist
model, with small turned' back cuffs
and .tiny epaulets.

Another dressy waist is made by
sewing together one and a half inch
ribbon and inch width insertion, joined
either vertically or diagonally. This
makes a very elaborate waist and is
not as much work as one would sup.
pose. ‘

New Machine for Cleaning Carpets.

Carpets can be cleaned without re-
moving them from the floor by a new
machine which has metal strips set, in.
side a casing to beat the carpet as the
cleaner runs over the floor, a. fan be-
ing mounted in the top of the casing .
to draw the dust into a water com-
partment, which has, an air passage
!.covered by a moistened screen to re-
: tain’ the dust particles.

5 . The Goethe-t Crown in Europe.

i This is worn by the Czar of Russia
, on State occasions. It is surmounted
by a cross formed of the magnificent
diamonds, resting upon an immense
uncut but polished ruby. The ruby
rests upon eleven large diamonds,
which in turn are supported by a mat
of pearls. '

 

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